Finding the right message for taking the sustainability movement mainstream
How to use the power of advertising for the fight against climate change.
The Forest Service’s Carbon Dilemma: Carbon Capture on National Forests or Sustainable Forestry?
The U.S. Forest Service is floating a new rule to potentially grant “perpetual rights of use and occupancy” for carbon waste injection under national forests and grasslands. Such rights may include constructing extensive infrastructure such as pipelines, injection wells, and
Open Planet Is a Growing Library of 4,500 Free Videos Documenting Nature and Climate Issues Around the World
Climate science has a communication problem. Abstract data, figures, and projections into the distant future can be tough to comprehend. Without effective storytelling tools to convey the severity of the crisis and what’s at stake if we don’t act, it can be difficult to motivate the broader public to advocate for change.
The team at Open Planet wants to bridge that gap. A collaboration between Studio Silverback and Carnegie Mellon’s CREATE Lab, the new digital library contains a growing collection of climate and nature footage available for free use. More
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Play Meets Ink in Roy Scholten’s Ongoing LEGO Letterpress Bird Series
Roy Scholten is wrapping up a years-long printing project with dozens of playfully rendered fowl. 50 Birds is an ongoing series that uses LEGO in place of lead type to create curved beaks, long tails, and rounded bellies. With only three species—hawfinch, reed bunting, and kingfisher—remaining, The Netherlands-based artist and designer has nearly a full flock of the letterpress creatures, all nested inside 6 x 6-inch paper.
“It’s been interesting to see how the experience from earlier prints feeds back into the following ones,” he tells Colossal. More
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The world’s boreal forests may be shrinking from climate change
Boreal forests’ northward advance has been slower than expected, but their southern retreat has been faster.
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